The Ukraine war thread

[Jolly]

That's some really nice log work...

[George K]

Pavel was the governor of the Tambov oblast. I’m told that he was friends with Leo Tolstoy. However, I don’t know anything beyond that.

[Wim]

Here you go: https://nkvd.tomsk.ru/researches/passional/kandidov-pavel-petrovich/

[Mik]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/guerrillas-halt-north-korean-ammunition-trains-near-russia-s-yekaterinburg/ar-BB1psCx7?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=73fe1082c89444a0edc022e562b85547&ei=16

[Mik]

@Wim said in The Ukraine war thread:

Here you go: https://nkvd.tomsk.ru/researches/passional/kandidov-pavel-petrovich/

They do seem to eat their young, these communists.

[Renauda]

Once again, the Kremlin maintains that is Ukraine’s fault:

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/07/08/west-condemns-russian-strike-on-kyiv-childrens-hospital-a85644

[George K]

@Renauda are those “River to the Sea” assholes coming the bombing of a children’s hospital?

No?

Didn’t think so.

[Renauda]

But of course not, Putin supports the plight of the Palestinians in their struggle against US global hegemony, Zionist imperialism and Ukrainian Nazis.

[Mik]

@George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:

@Renauda are those “River to the Sea” assholes coming the bombing of a children’s hospital?

No?

Didn’t think so.

Silly George. That’s just crackers killing crackers. No big.

[Wim]

So this was on purpose: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/35695

[George K]

@Wim said in The Ukraine war thread:

So this was on purpose: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/35695

I saw a related story with a photo of the team that attacked the children's hospital.

How long before this guy finds a window to fall from?

[Jolly]

He defected. If the CIA has any sense, he's in Washington by now.

[Renauda]

Poland considers downing Russian missiles over Western Ukraine:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn09234xxn1o

Even discussing this option is enough to make Putin roll over in bed for nights on end. Let him squirm. He’s already lost the war and the peace anyhow..

[Wim]

10 years ago:
MH17 shot down by Russian BUK.
Goddamn bastards.

[George K]

[Mik]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-commander-fighting-in-ukraine-shot-dead-by-his-own-troops-according-to-intercepted-phone-call/ar-BB1qhbQt?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=be0944b7f6ba4fe0ae7be29ff2b53c87&ei=21

[kluurs]

Link to video

[Jolly]

It's a good video.

[Mik]

Very. I've long wondered about the wisdom of relying on GPS.

[Jolly]

If Putin is willing to suffer the loss of equipment and human life, the Ukrainians are gong to be conquered.

If the Perfumed Princes of the Pentagon learn anything (and if history is a good teacher, they don't), fundamental changes need to be made in the U.S. military if we must fight a peer vs. peer war. Some lessons from war, and not just the Ukrainian War:

1. Your enemy has technology, too. See the above video. Whatever you can do, they can counter, and vice-versa.
2. With a few exceptions, Wunderwaffe do not win wars.
3. In a static war of attrition, defense is less costly in terms of equipment and casualties than offense.
4. Combined maneuver warfare does not work well without air parity, or better, air superiority.
5. Quantity has a quality of its own.
6. Modern combat is voracious in terms of munitions and equipment.